The New York Rangers (19-15-4) will play the Toronto Maple Leafs (21-13-4) at the Air Canada Centre tonight. The puck drops at 7 p.m. ET. Here are four lines about tonight's matchup and the teams' recent history.

• The Rangers begin a home-and-home with the fifth-seeded Maple Leafs. If the Blueshirts win both games, they'll catch up with Toronto, which has 46 points entering tonight. Think there will be a playoff atmosphere surrounding these two contests?

• The improved Rangers' power play won't have an easy time in the next two games. The Maple Leafs are tied for third in the NHL by killing off 86.7 percent of the power plays they face.

• New York can't allow 49 shots on goal again. Yes, the Rangers won 4-1 on Saturday night. But it took an incredible effort from Henrik Lundqvist to make save after save. The Rangers have to tighten up defensively against the top-five Maple Leafs offense, one that gets the job done with just 27.2 shots on goal per game.

• The key: stop Nazem Kadri. The former first-rounder is in the middle of a breakout year with 39 points, with no sign of slowing down -- he notched a hat trick three games ago against the Senators.

When the Rangers last met the Maple Leafs...Marc Staal scored in the third period while Dan Girardi and Michael Del Zotto also contributed on offense in a 5-2 victory over Toronto on Jan. 26.